Environment

Water is the world’s most precious resource, fueling everything from the food you eat, to the cotton you wear, to the energy you use. Yet despite the critical role water plays for people and nature, it is a surprisingly finite resource. Less than 1% of the world's water is fresh and accessible. It is also threatened. Population growth, extreme weather, and changing consumption patterns are just a few of the myriad of forces putting freshwater systems increasingly at risk.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center is partnering with VOX Global to offer an exclusive day and a half day executive leadership training program for Chief Sustainability Officers and senior sustainability executives. This executive training program differs from similar executive level training programs in five very distinct ways:

The city of Phoenix recently conducted a waste characterization study to estimate the quantity and composition of city-collected residential garbage. The preliminary data found that food waste is one of the most prevalent disposed of materials in its waste stream.